Ray,

I'm only 46 and this is my third cancer - and no, that's not a typo. When asked, the docs just shrug their shoulders 'cause they have no idea why. There's just something about me, my DNA or whatever that grows cancer. I'm trying to eat right, I plan on exercising more but I think that for some things there's just no explanation. And if I spent too much time wondering "Why me?" I'd probably never get out of bed.

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018